Repast with Rossini

***POST-SYMPHONY TALK #3***

Most great Italian opera composers were from the north: Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Rossini and Mascagni (Bellini, alas, was from Catania). We will gather to dine and continue to explore Great Italian Opera from our collective experiences, our favorite composers, operas and singers with excerpts from the genre playing in the background. A family style dinner: Appetizers of herbs with olives, truffle-honeyed Parmesan cheese and prosciutto; Antipasti medley; Main course of Italian meatballs in “gravy” and/or Pasta Nerano, fettuccini-zucchini pasta (homage to the south, Bellini and the Amalfi coastal town of Nerano); Dessert of cannoli and tiramisu along with Italian red and white wines.